Devapurage Shehan Madushanka Kumara or commonly as Shehan Madushanka (born 10 May 1995) is a professional

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er, who plays limited over internationals. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm fast medium bowler. He is a past pupil of

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Domestic career

Madushanka made his first class debut against Zimbabwe Development XI. He made his

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debut for Kilinochchi District in the

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on 15 March 2017. In March 2018, Madushanka was named in Dambulla's squad for the

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. The following month, he was also named in Dambulla's squad for the

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. In August 2018, Madushanka was named in Dambulla's squad the 2018 SLC T20 League. In March 2019, he was named in Galle's squad for the

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International career

In January 2018, Madushanka was named in Sri Lanka's

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(ODI) squad for the

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. He made his ODI debut for Sri Lanka against

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in the finale match of the tri-series on 27 January 2018. In the match, he became the fourth bowler and second Sri Lankan to take a hat-trick on debut in an ODI. In February 2018, Madushanka was named in Sri Lanka's

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(T20I) squad for their series against Bangladesh. He made his T20I debut for Sri Lanka against

on 15 February 2018. In the second T20I, Madushanka took two early wickets in one over before sustaining a hamstring injury and was later ruled out from bowling. However, his injury didn’t affect Sri Lanka as they won the match along with the series. However, due to his injury, he missed out the Nidahas Trophy in March 2018, and several other bilateral series. In May 2018, Madushanka was one of the 33 cricketers to be awarded a national contract by

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ahead of the 2018–19 season. In December 2018, he was named in Sri Lanka team for the

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Drug Incident

In May 2020, Madushanka was arrested for allegedly being in possession of heroin and then suspended from all forms of cricket where he caught twice within 5 years.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Madushanka, Shehan Living people 1995 births Sri Lankan cricketers Sri Lanka One Day International cricketers Sri Lanka Twenty20 International cricketers 21st-century Sri Lankan sportsmen Kilinochchi District cricketers One Day International hat-trick takers People from Puttalam District Cricketers from North Western Province, Sri Lanka